Posted by coral on July 27, 2004, at 17:52:00
In reply to Scared to be honest about something with T, posted by Racer on July 27, 2004, at 12:35:56
Dear Racer,
There's one practical reason for getting it on the table now. It's early in therapy and if this therapist doesn't handle the information effectively, you're less invested than if this came up in a few months.
Getting horrible treatment from a medical professional does scar and yes, I do hold them to a higher standard.
During the depths of the depression I experienced, I received blisteringly awful, incompetent and damaging treatment from a doctor for ten months. This was a medical doctor, not my incredible psychotherapist.
It took me seven long years to go see another physician. He was recommended by my therapist and has been absolutely wonderful. His practice normally doesn't take my insurance and he agreed to take me as a patient and made an exception re: the insurance. At the first appointment w/him, I explained everything that had happened (which made me sound like a blithering idiot). He listened patiently and said, "Yeah, Doc XXX has issues treating women." It's hard to explain the relief and validation I felt.
However, he's leaving private practice and I have to find another doctor, (probably in a difference practice, due to the ins. situation). I find that I'm relieving the grief from the bad doc...
Hope it goes well for you, dear Racer...
Coral
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